ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th
annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec listing lane, driver name, elapsed
time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and
position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Harold Laird Runs 14.331/57.03, Now #16; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Mike Moran Runs 8.643/140.15, Now #15; Best prior run: 9.077/105.94, Was
#15

Laird with violent tire shake right off the starting line and clicked it off. Moran
got out of the groove and clicked it off. Left Lane: Brandon Pesz Runs 6.185/226.96, Now #9; Best prior run: 8.279/129.12, Was
#14
Right Lane: Joshua Hernandez Runs 6.118/229.70, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.863/221.49,
Was #13

Pesz with his best pass of the weekend. Hernandez with a great looking pass to get
into the top half of the show. Left Lane: Thomas Patterson Runs 6.595/230.65, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.534/173.63,
Was #13
Right Lane: Annette Summer Runs 7.175/214.04, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.665/192.28,
Was #14

Palmer with a nice pass. Left Lane: Frankie Taylor Runs 9.108/102.91, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.217/225.15,
Was #11
Right Lane: Zach Barklage Runs 6.156/231.99, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.143/231.00, Was
#8

Barklage with another good pass. Left Lane: Mike Ashley Runs 6.107/232.55, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.140/231.00, Was #7
Right Lane: Steve Engel Runs 6.180/231.87, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.137/232.03, Was #6

Ashley with his best pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Engel
with another good pass. Left Lane: Mike Bell Runs 6.129/233.80, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.131/228.96, Was #6
Right Lane: Glen Kerunsky No Time, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.095/232.91, Was #3

Kerunsky broke on the burnout. Bell with his best pass of the weekend. Left Lane: Jay Payne Runs 6.000/239.23, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.010/238.38, Was #1
Right Lane: Chip King Runs 16.597/69.39, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.093/234.66, Was #2

King shook hard right off the starting line and clicked it off. Payne with a great
pass and so close to that 5-second zone. Jay Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec.,
330ft-2.626, 660ft-3.935/188.67mph, 1,000ft-5.057